Contents of the README file

ClpMap Version 1.0A World Map Plotting Program.This is the first of two data filesneeded by ClpMap. The program fileclp1_0.zip is also needed along with theother data file clpdt2.zip.Registration

Need custom clipart for use in a drawing orpresentation program? ClpMap may be your answer. ClpMap,however, is not free software. As a shareware product, youare invited to copy and try ClpMap without charge, and tocopy and freely distribute ClpMap in its original form toother PC users. If, after evaluating ClpMap, you wish tocontinue using this software on your system, it will benecessary to become a registered owner. To register forClpMap, simply print the registration form by printing thefile register.doc (use the DOS command COPY REGISTER.DOC PRN)and follow directions on this file. The form can also be printedafter installation of ClpMap by opening ClpMap and selectingHELP then REGISTER from its main menu and following directions.

Hardware requirements

ClpMap requires a PC or compatible computer runningMicrosoft Windows 3.0 or later. It will run on almost anyPC with a hard disk and compatible with Windows. Ingeneral, however, a fast higher end machine (80386 or betterwith a math coprocessor and at least 2 Meg RAM) isrecommended is order to speed up map generation. With aslower machine, and especially without a math coprocessor,generation of the map data can be very slow, especially fora satellite view at full resolution.

Details of the world database

ClpMap uses an extremely detailed world database calledthe Micro World Data Bank II (MWDBII). This database wasplaced in the public domain by Fred Pospeschil and AntonioRiveria and was derived by them from a much larger databasecreated by the CIA and distributed by the US Department ofCommerce for a cost of $660.

The database distributed with ClpMap is separated intosix separate files including data for coast lines, islands,lakes, rivers, country boundaries and state boundaries (USAonly). It is identical with that placed in the publicdomain except that an extraneous curve found in the statesdata file has been eliminated (the curve appeared to definean air route into Berlin), and several curves in the lakesdatabase were actually islands in the extreme northernregions of Canada and were moved to the islands databasefile. Also, the two files distributed with MWDBIIcontaining coast line data have been combined into a singlefile.

ClpMap is distributed both with and without itsdatabase. If you have the original MWDBII data files you donot need the ClpMap database. The program instdata.exe,distributed with ClpMap, will modify the original MWDBII filesso that they are identical with those distributed with ClpMap.

Installation

The version of ClpMap distributed through the BBS includesthe program file clpm1_0.zip and the data files clpdt1.zip andclpdt2.zip. If you do not have the original MWDBII data files,you must download the files clpdt1.zip and clpdt2.zip.

Copy all *.zip files to a subdirectory on your hard disk anddecompress them using pkunzip. After decompression, the followingfiles should exist.

Program Files:

file_id.diz Included with each *.zip file to identify its contents.

clpmap.exe Windows executable program file.

clpmap.hlp Program help file.

register.hlp Help file for shareware registration.

clpmap.doc On disk version of the program documentation.

readme Contains directions for getting started and last minute changes to the documentation.

register.doc Contains registration form. Print out this file and follow directions to become a registered user of ClpMap.

instdata.exe DOS utility to install database. This utility will convert the original MWDBII database files for use with ClpMap.

Database Files:

coast.pnt Contains data representing coast lines.

country.pnt Contains country boundaries.

state.pnt Contains state boundaries.

island.pnt Islands data.

lake.pnt Lakes data.

river.pnt Rivers data.

Getting started

If the original MWDBII data files are being used, copythe files coast1.pnt, coast2.pnt, country.pnt, state.pnt,island.pnt lake.pnt and river.pnt into the ClpMap subdirectoryand run the utility instdata.exe to convert them for useby ClpMap. After running this utility, the ClpMap subdirectoryshould contain all of the files listed above.

To install ClpMap into a Windows program group, openwindows then open the desired group and select File then Newfrom the Program Manager's main menu. Select Program Item thenenter the path name to the file clpmap.exe under Command Line.

Once selection is complete and the dialog is closed byselecting OK, an icon resembling a world globe will appear.ClpMap can now be started by double clicking on this icon.ClpMap is designed to be intuitive to operate and includes ahelp system which should make it straight forward to learnsimply through experimentation. For additional help, print